Lyft opens its ride-hailing app to teens Lyft launched teen accounts on Monday, a product that allows minors as young as 13 to hail a ride without an adult in 200 U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, and New York. The official launch comes two weeks after Lyft CEO David Risher announced on X plans to open the ride-hailing service to teenagers. Like its rival Uber, which also...

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Anthropic-funded group backs candidate attacked by rival AI super PAC In Brief Posted: 12:52 PM PST · February 20, 2026 Image Credits:Getty Images Late last year, New York Assembly member Alex Bores became the target of a campaign by a pro-AI super PAC to thwart his congressional bid. The group, Leading the Future, is armed with more than...

These New AI Transcription Models Are Built for Speed and Privacy Mistral AI's new Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2 and Voxtral Realtime are intended to run on your device, meaning your conversations never find their way to a data center. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats,...

Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon gets 20 years' jail under national security lawPhoebe Kong,Hong Kong,Danny VincentandKelly NgBBC reports from outside court after Jimmy Lai sentencingRights groups called it a death sentence for the 78-year-old, whose family has raised concerns about his health, but Hong Kong's leader said it was "deeply gratifying". This is the harshest punishment to...